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R59A1 TIL Not only can flamingos fly, they can fly pretty high
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nW5mb TIL a chemistry student accidentally synthesized the chemical MPTP and gave himself Parkinson's syndrome.
epNJJ TIL that playwright Tom Stoppard helped rewrite much of the dialogue for "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"
nW5ko TIL that the UK armed forces have to be reauthorised by legislation every five years, because the UK Bill of Rights 1688 makes a standing army illegal without the consent of Parliament.